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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the night at the bar, Beck and Joe exchange what?

2. What does Joe describe as "an obvious complication"?

3. Joe describes Beck's friend Lynn as being what?

4. What is the name of Joe's ex-girlfriend?

5. What is the name of the man whom Beck is casually dating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe do to Benji?

2. What happens when Joe escorts Beck home after the night at the bar?

3. What is the "cage," and where is it located?

4. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

5. Who is Candace and what does the reader know about her?

6. Why does Beck become angry in the subway station?

7. How does the trip to IKEA help Joe's relationship with Beck?

8. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

9. What does Benji give Joe? What does he tell him about this item?

10. Who is Nathan Herzog? What does "Nathan" do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Near the end of the novel, Joe remarks, “you should own what you love, it’s that simple.” How does he live this idea? What are the positive effects of living by this idea? What are the negative effects?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Beck and Karen Minty. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? How do their similarities and differences highlight the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the importance of character names in the novel. Choose three characters (Beck, Benji, Dr. Nicky, the Captain, Peach, or Karen Minty) and discuss how each’s name holds a significant, deeper meaning.

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